[CPEO-IRF] Ft. McPherson (GA) science park and housng

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

McPherson plan benefits science, the homeless

By KEVIN DUFFY
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA)
September 12, 2007

A sweeping redevelopment proposal for Fort McPherson is now in the hands 
of the federal government and the U.S. Army.

A board created nearly two years ago to come up with a vision for the 
488-acre site on Tuesday approved a land use plan broad enough to serve 
cutting-edge science as well as the homeless.

Construction probably won't begin before September 2011, when the Army 
vacates the property, and could take 20 years.

The linchpin of the redevelopment scheme is a proposed 115-acre 
scientific research park with 1.47 million square feet of office space. 
The University System of Georgia and the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention both have endorsed the idea.

Other parts of the plan include 4,600 housing units — 7 percent of which 
would be for the formerly homeless — 400,000 square feet of retail 
space, and another 2.18 million square feet of office space.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ajc.com/business/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2007/09/11/ftmcpherson_0912.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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